Antiskid-chain carrier and applier for motor vehicles



Nov. 10, 1925 I 1,561

J. T. JINKENS' ANTISKID CHAIN CARRIER AND APPLIER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Feb, 23, 1923 Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

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TO Q. S. HOLHOLI AND .I'RED HARVEY, BOTH OF BROOMI'IILIDV oonomo, AJI'D mm OILONGIONT, COLORADO, A CORPORATION OI'OOLOBADO.

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' To all whom-z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: T. Jmxniws, a citizen of the United States residing at Broomfield in '5 State of dolorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in "Antiskid Chain Carriers and A pliers for Motor Vehicles, of which the ollowing is a specification. g

The; primary object of my said invention res des in the provision of an anti-skid chain carrierand applier for motor vehicles, wherein means are provided for carrying the usual anti-skid chains of the vehill cle, together with means for a plying the chains to the vehicle wheels, w e the car is in motion, the invention being characterizedby its simplicity of construction, and expeditioushess' inthe manner in which the said chains are applied to the wheels. 7 A further ob'ect of my invention is the provision of sue a device that may be readily installed upon" ract'ically all types of motor vehicles, wit which I .am now fall miliar, it being of course understood that the different elements of my invention must necessarily. be enlarged or -redu'ced to meetv the requirements of vehicles employing va liying sizes of tires. t he nature and advantages of the invens tion will'be better understood'when the fol- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side "elevational View of a conventional form of motor vehicle,

the chain carrier being shown in section,

whilst the applying mechanism is shown in 46 side elevation.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view takenon line 2, 2 of Figure'l.

Fi (-3 is an enlar ed fragmentary sectiona view upon the ne 3-.-3 of Fi 2.-

Fig. 4 is a detailed cross .sectiona viewupon the line 4-4 of Figure 3. I

Fig.,-5"s an enlarged elevational view of One of the spring chp members carried by conjunction with my invention.

the county of boulder and of the rear'wheels-th'ereof.

2, e, and 9, it being understood '1; at the the opposite ends of the chains employed in Fig. 6'is1 aira of a vehicle whee sition thereon.

Fi 7 is perspective of one of the end mem rs o the said chains employed in con'unction with the invention. v. 1g. 8 is a view similar to Figure 1, disclos ng the chain intheact of being applied fi iltscorre'sponding wheel of the motor vs- Fig. 9.is a fragmentaryenlargement of entary elevational view showmg my chain in po- E ig.*10 isa fr enta elevational view I of one of the cha i carrie r s, disclosing more clearly the manner of supporting the same I0 from e running boards of a motorvehicle and Fig. 11 is a fragmentary] elevational view of one of the arms of a modified form of chain projecting member. 4

Referring to thedrawing in detail, 5 dea ignates a motor vehiclebo'dy, 6 one of the running boards of the vehicle and 7 one "Up'on each of the running boardsTG of the vehicle, and longitudinal alinement therewith is a metalliccasing 8, thc rear end" ofwhich is open, and inclined downwardly, asmore' clearly shown in-F-i res 1,

open endsof these casings are slightly for 'wardly of each of. the rear wheels 7 of the motor vehicle. These casings 8 are pref-. erabl supported beneath the running bo'al'. bya suitable form of bracket 9, Figure 10. I 5

Within each of these .casings 8 and ar-v ranged longitudinally therein are sliding chain carriers designated m general by the numeral 10, each'of thesame including a pair of hollowv rods 11 secured at one end by across member 12 and being slightly curved downwardly g fat their opposite ends as more clearly shown Figure 1,:these ends being sup rted above the bottom wallof.,,the sai 8by ablock 13, the same being -formed with channel guides 14, Figure 3. f

The anti-skid chains employed in con junction with the inventioiifimay be of any desirable form, the chains shown in the lea-I drawing being designated at 15 carrying at its opposite ends spring clips 16 and 17 respectively, it being understood that the a nature of the same are such as to forcibly engage over upon the tires of the rear wheels of the vehicle and to remain thereon until manually removed from the tires.

The hollow rods 11 are each slotted upon their inner adjacent sides as at 18 and engaging within these slots are heads 16 and 17 of the spring clips 16 and 17, respectively, it being noted that the distance between the hollow rods 11 constituting the chain projecting member 10 is such as to normally maintain the said clips in an outward sprung position.

The ends of the hollow rods 11 adjacent the Wheels of the vehicle are cut out as at 19, and within these out out portions are hinged sections 20, normally in the position more clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4, these sections being maintained in the dotted line position of Figure 4, through the instru-- mentality of band springs'21. The said sections 20 are maintained in their full line or closed positions as per said Figure 4, through the instrumentality of sliding latch bolts 22, these bolts being slidably disposed within bearings 23, formed upon, each of the hollow rods 11 constituting the member 10. Referring particularly to Figure 3, these latch bolts 22 have their front ends normally extended beneath the adjacent 'endsof the said hinged section 20, through the iristrumentality of coiled springs 24.

The ends of these latch 'bolts 22 are formed with pendent arms '25 extending through slots 26 in the said casing 8.'

Loosely connected at one end to the connecting member 12 of the hollow rods 11, is an arm 27, the laterally extending end of this arm being similarly connected to one arm of a bell crank 28. This bell crank is pivoted beneath the foot board of the motor vehicle as at 29, and is provided with a foot pedal 30, it being at once understood that when this foot pedal is depressed, the respective chain carrier 10 will be forced rearwardly for consequently carrying therewith the anti-skid cha n 15. Upon a rearward movement of one of the carriers 10, the hollow rods 11 constituting the carrier will engage over the sides of the wheel tires. in a manner clearly shown in Figures 8 and 9. Upon being forced rearwardly and after the ends of'the arms 11 have engaged over the sides of the tire, these ends carrying the spring 'clip 17, the sliding latch bolt 22 will be retractedfor permitting the sections 20 to swing to the open dotted line position of Figure 4, for consequently allowmg this spring clip to disengage from the carrier, at which time, the same will spring into position upon the tire. After the first clip has become engaged around the tire, the chain will be retracted from the carrier 10, at which time, the opposite spring clip 16 will engage around the tire in a manner similar to the first clip.

In the rearward sliding movement of the chain projecting member 11 the' ends of the hollow rods extend on either side of the tire casing 7 to a position opposite the periphery of the rim, in order to provide for the-engagement of the clip 17 around the casing, after which the frictional engagement, be-

' tween the clip 17 and the casing 7 will etfcct a movementof the sections 20 about their pivots'against the tensio of the spring for permitting the movement of the member 17 out of the guide-ways or rods and the subsequent application of the chain to the casing, the same action taking place as the cli 16 engages the tire.

11 Figure 11, I have shown one of the hollow rods 11 forming the chain carrier 10 as being also with a hinged insert 20. In this instance however, the means for normally extending this insert away from its corresponding hollow rod is in the form of a coiled spring 21 surrounding one end of a bolt- 30, this bolt extending transversely of the insert 20' as well as'the correspon .ing hollow rod 16.

In View of the above description, it is believed by me that the advantages and operation of a device of this character will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, and while I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a; vehicle of a casing supported at one side thereof, parin the rods, resilient U-shaped elements carried by the heads and adapted to engage a tire shoe, an anti-skid chain carried by the U-shaped elements, and means for moving the hollow rods longitudinally.

3. An anti-skid chain applying device comprising a pair of hollow re s supported upon one side of a vehicle, heads slidable in the rods, resilient U-shaped elements carried by the heads and adapted to engage a tire shoe, an anti-skid chain carriedrby the U-shaped. elements, means for moving the hollow rods longitudinally, and hinged end sections provided in the hollow rods for detachably holding'the heads in the hollow rods, whereby the end sections permit the disengagement of the U-shaped elements from the rods after engagement with the tire.

4. Adevice of the class described including a chain projecting member slidably mounted on a motor vehicle, chain carrying elements slidably mounted in said member ,and adapted for engagement with a tire casing for applying and holding the chain thereon, and operating means for said chain projecting member adapted to slide it relative to the tire casing for applying the chain carrying elements and the chains to the tire.

5. A device of the class described includthe wheel thereof and adapted for projection on each side of said wheel, chain carrying elements slidably mounted in said member and adapted for engagement with the tire casing carried by the wheel for application thereto to hold the chain carried by said elements on the tire, operating means for said chain projecting member adapted to Slide said member to position the ends thereof at each side of the tire casing for applying the chain carrying elements thereto, and hinged sections formed in the projecting member at the ends thereof for permitting the disengagement of the chain carrying elements from said member after application to the tire casing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

J. T. J IN KENS. 

